so the john brennan hearings were yesterday. there was a bit of a hubbub. >> there was. >> stephanie: john brennan yesterday. >> i think there is a misimpression on the part of some american people who believe we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressions, nothing could be further from the truth. we only take such actions to save lives. we need to make sure that there is an understanding, and the people that were standing up here today, i think they really have a misunderstanding of what we do as a government, and the care that we take and the agony that we go through to make sure that we do not have any collateral injuries or deaths. >> stephanie: yeah okay. john den nan again. >> i clearly had the impression when i was quoted in 2007 that there was valuable intelligence that came out of her to interrogation sessions. i must tell you senator that reading this report from the committee raises serious questions about the information they was given at the time, and the impression i had at that time. now i have to de